California Democratic Senator Scott Wiener brought California in line with Washington and other states by introducing for consideration the state's very own Net Neutrality bill, and this one would not only supersede the FCC's decision to rescind Title II Net Neutrality provisions on a nationwide scale, but would take things a step further by banning paid zero-rating in data plans. This means that carriers and ISPs can no longer accept payment from content providers in order to see their content not count against customers' data plans. Specifically, the bill says that internet providers are...Read more ...

Enlarge / California State Capitol building in Sacramento. (credit: Getty Images | joe chan photography)
A proposed net neutrality law in California would replace the repealed federal regulations, going beyond the federal rules by banning payments for data cap exemptions. If passed, the bill would ban AT&T's Sponsored Data , Verizon's "FreeBee" data , and any similar programs imposed by home or mobile Internet providers.
The bill would also try to prevent interconnection payment disputes that harm Internet service quality-such as those between Netflix and major ISPs in 2013 and 2014.
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